The Watch Officer's Guide 1941 Edition - United States Navy

Published by United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland. 1941. Corrected and Reprinted April 1942. 319 pages with illustrations. Table of Honors.

The Watch Officer's Guide, 1935, is an extensive revision, expansion, and rearrangement of Watch Officer's Guide, 1930. The revisions consists principally of treating the duties and responsibilities of the watch officer primarily with reference to their relative importance.

US NAVY Watch Officer's Guide

CONTENTS

PART I-OFFICER OF THE DECK, IN GENERAL AND UNDER WAY

I Officer of the Deck in General

II Officer of the Deck Under Way

III Safe Navigation

IV Ship Handling in General

V Ship Handling in Formation

VI Safety of Personnel and Materiel

VII Assistance to Ships, Boats, or Planes, in Danger

VIII Smartness of Maneuver and Appearance

IX Comfort and Contentment of the Crew

X Routine

PART II-OFFICER OF THE DECK-NOT UNDER WAY

XI Safety of the Ship

XII Personnel, Boats, Planes, and Materiel

XIII Readiness of Ship for Duty

XIV Smartness of Ship, Boats, and Crew

XV Comfort and Contentment of Crew

XVI Routine

PART III-MISCELLANEOUS

XVII Relative Movement of Ships

XVIII Incidents During the Watch

XIX The Dog

XX Honors and Ceremonies

XXI Direct Reading Signals

XXII Weather Signals

XXIII International Signals

XXIV Flags and Insignia

Plates I to XXXVI

XXV Lights Required by the Rules of the Road

Plates, Identification of Vessels by Their Lights

INDEX

PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION

The Watch Officer's Guide, 1941, is a revision designed primarily to bring the 1935 edition into accord with recent changes in Navy Regulations, particularly in the matter of honors. Minor changes in text have been made which clarify but do not alter the substance. Some material, such as buoyage systems and foreign weather signals, that may readily be found elsewhere, has been omitted.

The work of revision was done by officers of the Department of Seamanship and Navigation.

PREFACE BY The WATCH OFFICER'S GUIDE, 1935, is an extensive revision, expansion, and rearrangement of WATCH OFFICER'S GUIDE, 1930, which in turn was based on the Watch Officer's Manuals of 1911, 1913, and 1917.

U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE,

The revision consists principally of treating the duties and responsibilities of the watch officer primarily with reference to their relative importance. The result has been to place more emphasis on ship handling duties and technique, and on safety of personnel and material, with less emphasis on watch standing routine.

While the introduction of the more exact relative movement methods of station keeping has greatly reduced the space previously devoted to station keeping, the treatment of maneuvers has been extended to include not only the usual maneuvers in close formation, but the equally important semi-independent maneuvers in extended formation. It is not assumed that the officer of the deck is necessarily officer of the deck of a battleship.

ANNAPOLIS, MD. Chapters have been added on the important subjects of relative movement of ships, direct reading signals, and buoyage systems. The chapters on the log, weather signals, international signals, flags and insignia have been extensively revised and brought up to date.

Corrected and Reprinted katiit ISO The rearrangement consists of dividing the book into three parts.

Part I includes chapters on the officer of the deck in general, and the officer of the deck under way.

Part II covers the officer of the deck when not under way

Part III includes miscellaneous reference matterial

RUSSELL WILLSON
Captain, U. S. Navy

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND,
January 1, 1935.

WATCH OFFICER'S GUIDE
United States Navy
BY
CAPTAIN RUSSELL WILLSON
UNITED STATES NAVY
31.25 Postpaid
UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND
1941

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

LC Control No.: 41008624

Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Personal Name: Willson, Russell, 1883-1948.

Main Title: Watch officer’s guide, United States Navy, by Captain Russell Willson